When God was a Woman꞉ From the Phocaean Cult of Athena to Parmenides’ Ontology
The aim of this article is to present a new hermeneutic perspective on Parmenides’ theology, which, it is argued, will also have consequences for our understanding of his ontology. The following interrelated hypotheses are presented for consideration: first, that the anonymous goddess introduced by...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Open theology
Año: 2025, Volumen: 11, Número: 1 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Elea
B "What is" B Phocaea B ancient astronomy B Egyptian theology B Naukratis B Cosmology B "being" B Neith B Sais B anonymous goddess |
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| Sumario: | The aim of this article is to present a new hermeneutic perspective on Parmenides’ theology, which, it is argued, will also have consequences for our understanding of his ontology. The following interrelated hypotheses are presented for consideration: first, that the anonymous goddess introduced by Parmenides in the proem of his poem is identical to the Phocaean poliadic goddess of Elea, Athena; second, that she is the personification of Parmenides’ tò eón . |
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| ISSN: | 2300-6579 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Open theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/opth-2025-0036 |
